NGC 2907
NGC 2907
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
96 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 96 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2907 as it looked roughly 96 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 2902Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2848Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 2983Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2781Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 2992Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2855Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2848Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 2983Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2781Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 2992Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2855Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).